Reflector



Oct. 15, 1940. E A MULLER 2,218,291

REFLECTQR Pam-.wa la 1940 UNITED, STATES 'PA'rN'r Frica Edward A. Muller, Kew Gardens, N. Y. App1icatin September 12, issaserial Ne. 229,592'

2 Claims.

My invention relates to reflectors and more particularly to refiectors adapted to be scured about electric bulbs and the like.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a refiector so constructed and arranged as to reiiect light rays over a desired area and at the same time present an attractive and ornamental appearance. v

Another object of my invention is to .provide a reflector of the above described character which is simple in construction. durable in use. eflicient in operation and economical in manufacture. Y

A special object of my invention is to provide a reflector of the character described which is especially adaptable for support about an electric bulb whereby to reflect rays of light from said bulb over a desiredarea for photographic'purposes.

0ther objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claims and annexed drawing. Referring to the drawing` wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views: 4

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the blank from which my reflector'is formed.

Figura 2 is a sectional view 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of my improved Aform of reflector illustrating the same as attached about an electric lamp bulb of the Christmas tree type.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of my invention.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of my invention.

In practicing my invention, in the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figures -1 to 4, I provide a frustum-shaped body constituting a refiector 5 and which s fashioned with an open bottom, closed top 6 and a iluted skirt 'I formed with a plurality of light emitting openings 8 therein. The top G is formed with a centrally disposed aperture 9 and is provided with pairs -of opposltely disposed and radially extending slits 10 communicating with the aperture 9 and terminating at their outer ends atthe jointure of the skirt with the top. The aperture embraces a socket l l inserted therethrough and to which is secured an electric Christmas tree bulb |2 or the like. The radially extending slits provide yieldable fingers .N 'therebetween for engaging the socket I l. to maintain the refiector suspended from the latter about the bulb.

The body is constructed of a centrally disposed -fl taken on the line layer' IS of paper stock having onrthe outer side thereof a layer IG of foil, the latter being suit- 'ably lacquered toprovide scintillation. The opposite side of the centrally disposed layer IS is provided with a layer Il preferably of aluminium and which constitutes the inner -reflecting surface of the reflector when secured about the electric lamp bulb. I The initial step in the fabricating of lmy reflector consists of providing a body of material 10 of the foregoing construction and in the form of a disk. with the centrally disposed aperture 9 and radially extending slits w which terminate at their outer ends on a fold line l8. f

When the disk is thus fashioned the latter is 15 radially fiuted outwardly from the'fold line B8, which extends circumferentially about the'outer ends of the slits' lil, and the vfluted section or skirt is,worked downwardly relative to the top to assume a substantially frustum-shaped con'- figuration in side elevation as clearly illustrated in Figuree of the drawing. The opcnings *in the skrt permit light rays to be emitted .therefrom and be reected from other objects on 'aChristmas tree -and thereby present a novel and at-' 25 Y the instance of the preferred embodiment there-V 30 by providing an eflicient collapsiblereflector for use in photography and-the like.

Furthermore, my device vserves to reflect light rays/from a light source over a desired area to enhance the novel and Vattractive appearance of 35 the tree.

What 1 claim is: A 1. A reflector. comprising 'a hollow body fash- Vioned with .a skirt having a transverse wall extending across one end of said skirt and formed Vstructurally integral with the skirt, said wall formed with a centrally disposed. socket receiving openingand with spaced slits extending from said opening and terminating at the jointure of the skirt with said wall and with said slits defining therebetween fingers, said fingers being normally disposed in a common plane and having .opposed end faces adapted to contiguously surround the periphery of a socket disposed through said opening to maintain contiguousness'of the fingers throughout their entire length to'preclude light rays projecting through said slits from a vlight source carried by said socket and disposed within said skirt, said body formed with a centrally disposed layer of paper stock faced with of ron, the iatter being a inner and outer layers of foil for reflecting light rays from within and without said body respectively with said inner and outer ,layers coacting with said centrally disposed layer to reenforce said fingers at said jointure with said skirt.

2. A reflector comprising a. hollow body fashione'd with a skirt and a transverse wall extend- .ing across one end of the body and fonned structurally integral with the skirt, said wall formed with a oentrally disposed socket receiving opening and with spaced slits extending fromdsaid opening and terminating adiacent said skirt and with said slits deflning therebetween fingers, said fingers being normally disposed in a common plane and having opposed end faces adapted to contiguously surround the periphery of a socket disposed through said opening to maintain contiguousness of the fingers throughout their entire length to preclude light rays proiectia: through said slits from a light source can-led by said socket and disposed within said skirt, said ngers having a definite bendable jointure with said body Vadiacent said skirt to permit displace- H ment of said fingers out of said. plane to eflegrl insertion and withdrawal of the socket from said opening, said body formed with a centrally disposed layer of paper stock faced with inner and outer layers of foil for refiecting light rays from within and without said body respectively and with saidinner and outer layers transversing said jointure for reenforcing the latter and enciosing said centrally disposed layer including the jointure whereby to minimize severance of the fingers from said body due to frequent displacement.

'EDWARD A, mmm. 

